ESC 2020 | Arnhem looks for alternative hosting possibilities
Since Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, a myriad of cities had expressed interest in hosting the contest. After opening the official application, 9 cities applied to host, of which 4 have already dropped out: Amsterdam, Breda, Leeuwarden and The Hague. So that leaves us with 5 confirmed cities still in the running to be the host city of Eurovision 2020: Rotterdam, Arnhem, Utrecht, Maastricht and Den Bosch. A while after the contest dutch broadcaster
Eurovision 2020 | Melodifestivalen Submissions to Open on August 26th
Another year, another set of submissions! The Swedish broacaster, SVT, have just announced the dates on when they will be accepting song submissions for the show. Artists, songwriters and composers will have between August 26th and September 13th to submit their entries to SVT. As in previous years, 28 artists will be chosen by a team of music experts as well as Melodifestivalen staff. One of these artists will be selected via Sverigesradio's contest P4 Nästa. Last year, the
JESC 2019 | Azerbaijan Withdraws from the Contest
After returning to the contest last year, Azerbaijan has once again decided to pull out of this year's contest in Gliwice. The broadcaster, Ictimai TV, has not released a statement about the reason for their withdrawal. This makes Azerbaijan the second country to decide to sit out of this year's contest alongside Israel. Last year, Azerbaijan returned to the contest after being absent since 2013 with the song "I Wanna Be Like You", sung by the 13 year old Fidan Hüseynova and
JESC | Is Scotland Set To Debut At The Junior Eurovision In 2020?
After Wales debuted at hte Junior Eurovision Song Contest last year. The door was left clearly open for other nations from the United Kingdom to participate as individual countries. Scotland was one that were rumoured to make a debut appearance in 2019. Although, this has not happened, there are talks that 2020 could see the country make an appearance at the contest. After speaking to ESC Takeover, the Scottish broadcaster BBC Alba has confirmed that they will not particip
Spain | Are RTVE Going Internal For Junior Eurovision 2019?
June saw the news that delighted many Junior Eurovision fans, when the national broadcaster for Spain, RTVE announced that the country would once again return to the competition after a twelve year absence. In that time, the competition has seen many other countries come and go, including France who successfully returned last year, placing second. Spain have also come back this year. Now it would appear that the country are set to go internal in finding their next artist.
